I get teased a lot for having a slightly different voice when I make my outreach calls. Isn't it obvious that we're not going to sound the same and will be putting on a certain character to deal with these people? As someone in their first year working in this field, it's very discouraging to be mocked about this, but I want to ignore them and keep doing my best. What do the people on the bowl think? Do you have this 'fake voice' too?

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Bring it up to hr and let them keep doing it until you can sue em

I think everyone affects a certain voice when they're on calls. Different settings require different tones - I don't talk to my kids the same way I talk to my wife, and I don't talk to my boss the same way I talk to my college buddies. Anyone giving you grief for this has way too much time on their hands. Definitely document and report to HR if they don't knock it off. These people sound miserable.

I wouldn't take that too seriously. It's possible, or even likely, that your colleagues are just teasing you and there's nothing malicious about it. We all slide into various personas depending on circumstances and who we're dealing with. If someone was seriously mocking you for doing that it would mean they didn't understand the dynamics of the job.

Customer service voice. I don’t know that I’ve met anyone who didn’t have one at work. The only time I’ve ever been teased about it is when I used it once, going out with friends, and we were talking to another group we met.

I have a customer service voice. My nephew tried to tell my boss im not that nice. I said nope you don't pay me to be nice.

Lean into it and dominate everyone else with your output.

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